Longboat Key Home Values (2026): What Houses Are Actually Selling For
Longboat Key, Sarasota County, Florida · Momentum Research · updated 2026-11-05
Homes in Longboat Key sold for a median of $950,000 over the last 12 months (499 recorded sales), $454 per square foot, and prices are down 5.0% year over year. The typical sale took 82 days to go under contract and closed at 90.9% of the original asking price. Long run: 3.2% a year since 2012 (median $615K then). No algorithm can price your specific house from that; a records-based valuation can. The data first, then how to get one.
Longboat Key home values year by year
Median recorded sale price, price per square foot, days to contract and sale-to-ask for every year we hold Longboat Key sales. The compound growth rate works out to 3.2% a year since 2012 (median $615K then).
| Year | Median sale | $/sq ft | Days to contract | Sale-to-ask | Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | $615,146 | $313 | 116 | 88.0% | 41 |
| 2013 | $633,484 | $323 | 105 | 91.8% | 63 |
| 2014 | $533,465 | $302 | 128 | 87.3% | 58 |
| 2015 | $707,571 | $373 | 79 | 92.0% | 49 |
| 2016 | $577,387 | $354 | 102 | 93.2% | 51 |
| 2017 | $600,910 | $369 | 82 | 92.8% | 50 |
| 2019 | $941,538 | $394 | 139 | 86.3% | 13 |
| 2021 | $500,269 | $437 | 49 | 96.0% | 26 |
| 2022 | $1,161,426 | $634 | 15 | 99.9% | 68 |
| 2023 | $1,372,500 | $696 | 56 | 89.5% | 18 |
| 2024 | $1,434,841 | $752 | 52 | 91.9% | 63 |
| 2025 | $1,297,021 | $636 | 48 | 86.3% | 47 |
| 2026 | $1,247,681 | $603 | 82 | 89.5% | 69 |
Where the Longboat Key market is tight, by price band
Months of supply is active inventory divided by the monthly sales pace; under about four months favors sellers, over six favors buyers. Find your band before you price.
Longboat Key home values by ZIP code
Active listings and list medians from our feeds today; the typical value and one-year change are Zillow’s ZHVI for the ZIP, which tracks the whole housing stock rather than only what sold.
| ZIP | Active listings | Median list | Typical value (ZHVI) | 1-yr change | Listings with a price cut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34228 | 257 | $1,089,000 | $951,441 | -1.6% | 12% |
Home values by community in Longboat Key
The communities with the most recorded sales in the last 12 months. Each links to its own home-value page with the full price history.
| Community | Median sale | Year over year | Days to contract | Sales (12 mo) | Active |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country Club Shores | $2,750,000 | +10.0% | 108 | 18 | 0 |
| FAIRWAY BAY 1 | $560,000 | -23.7% | 125 | 10 | 0 |
| BAYPORT BCH & TEN PH D | $700,000 | +32.1% | 40 | 7 | 0 |
| FAIRWAY BAY 3 | $732,500 | -18.6% | 26 | 6 | 0 |
| SEAPLACE I | $525,000 | n/a | 28 | 5 | 0 |
| TWIN SHORES MOBILE HOME | $101,011 | -22.3% | 76 | 5 | 0 |
| BEACHPLACE I | $1,213,750 | n/a | 46 | 4 | 0 |
| GULFSHORE OF LONGBOAT KEY | $162,500 | n/a | 164 | 4 | 0 |
| PLAYERS CLUB III | $1,307,500 | n/a | 58 | 4 | 0 |
| PRIVATEER SOUTH | $960,000 | -4.0% | 139 | 3 | 0 |
| SANCTUARY I | $1,650,000 | -8.3% | 18 | 3 | 0 |
What moves the sale price in Longboat Key beyond the medians
Cash paid for about 79% of recent Longboat Key closings. Sellers have been closing at 90.9% of original asking, so the list price is a negotiation opener, not the number. Zillow’s ZIP metrics put the city’s price-to-income ratio near 4.95 and five-year appreciation near +1.5%. Property mix: Condominium 56%, Single Family Residence 27%, Mobile Home - Pre 1976 5%. Condition, lot, roof age, insurance quote and the specific street’s last three closings move an individual house well outside these ranges.
What is my house worth in Longboat Key?
Not a number this page can give you, and not one an automated model can either: every value above is a median of many Longboat Key sales, and the spread inside it is wide. A records-based valuation pulls the recorded closings on your street and in your community, adjusts for size, condition, lot and what your home has that the comps do not, and comes back as a written range with a net sheet showing what you would clear at each price after commissions, Florida doc stamps, title and payoff. Momentum Realty does that for Longboat Key owners at no cost through the form below; the Messtimate gives a square-footage range in the meantime, and the seller net proceeds calculator runs the arithmetic on any price you are considering.
Selling in Longboat Key: next steps
- Best time of year to sell in Sarasota County
- Seller net proceeds calculator
- Sarasota County property tax rate and calculator (what a buyer will pay after your sale)
- Homes for sale in Longboat Key right now (your competition)
- Longboat Key housing market: live data and trends
- How Momentum sells homes
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Figures are recorded closed sales and active listings from the MLS feeds behind our Longboat Key pages, aggregated by Momentum Research as of 2026-11-05; ZIP typical values from Zillow (ZHVI). Community-level aggregates only; nothing on this page is a valuation of any specific property, an appraisal, or an offer. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed. EAB RE Investments LLC dba Momentum Realty, a licensed Florida real estate brokerage. Equal Housing Opportunity.